In Greater Manchester
- How money from slavery made Greater Manchester
- The importance of cotton in north west England
- The Lancashire cotton famine
- Smoking, drinking and the British sweet tooth
- Black presence in Britain and north west England
- Resistance and campaigns for abolition
- The bicentenary of British abolition
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Legacies: Commemorating the bicentenary of British abolition
Trade and Empire visitor reactions 1
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A group of visitors are asked to interpret objects on display in the Trade and Empire exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery. They select objects that interest them and develop responses to the people represented and processes of slavery.
Filmed at the Whitworth Art Gallery on 2 February 2008.